Fill in the blank with the correct answer based on the audio. You may go back and listen to the audio as many times as necessary.

We the successors of a country and a time

where a skinny Black girl

descended from slaves and __________ by a single mother

can dream of becoming president

only to ________ herself reciting for one.

And yes we are far from polished.

Far from _________________.

But that doesn't mean we are

striving to form a union that is perfect.

We are striving to __________  a union with purpose,

to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and

conditions of man.

And so we ___________ our gazes not to what stands between us,

but what stands before us.